Educational Links 7/3/17

Planet Earth App Ideal for Structured or Open-Ended Learning

http://www.techlearning.com/app-of-the-day/0011/biomeviewer/70659

12 secrets of teachers who trimmed 10+ hours off their workweeks

https://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/12-secrets-teachers-trimmed-10-hours-off-workweeks/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCornerstone+%28The+Cornerstone+Blog%29

Teachers' biggest challenges? Long hours and heavy workload

https://www.tes.com/news/further-education/breaking-news/fe-teachers-biggest-challenges-long-hours-and-heavy-workload

   

I Want to Get Better at… Social Emotional Learning Next Year

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2017/06/23/social-emotional-learning/

The Difference Between Dysgraphia and Dyslexia

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dysgraphia/the-difference-between-dysgraphia-and-dyslexia?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Humanizing Teacher Professional Development Lets Us Grow Together

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_ahead/2017/06/growing_together_build_teachers_social-emotional_competencies.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

The Case for Mentors Grows Stronger

https://www.edutopia.org/article/case-mentors-grows-stronger-youki-terada?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Past research has shown that mentors can help to address the persistent issues of teacher shortages and job dissatisfaction, preventing new teachers from burning out and leaving the profession. Without a mentor, nearly one in three new teachers leave by their fifth year, but with a mentor that ratio drops by more than half, to one in seven.